Perplexity Gains Labs for Creating Reports, Spreadsheets, Web Apps and More

[MacRumors]

AI-powered search tool Perplexity today gained Perplexity Labs, a feature that provides subscribers with a way to create reports, spreadsheets, web apps, and dashboards that are backed by "extensive research and analysis."

The company says that if Perplexity Search is a 24/7 answer machine, Perplexity Labs is akin to having an entire team available for help.

Perplexity Labs can work on its own for 10 minutes or more, using tools for deep web browsing, code execution, chart creation, and image generation. It is able to complete what would have "taken days of work" in a 10 minute period, developing marketing plans, analyzing finances, creating meal plans, and more. Perplexity has examples of what Perplexity Labs is able to do in its Projects Gallery.

Perplexity Pro subscribers have access to Labs as of today, and it can be selected from the mode selector interface on the web or in the iOS app. Mac app support is coming soon. Perplexity Pro is priced at $20 per month.

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[GrassShark]

I don't see a path to Perplexity coming out the other end of this AI bubble intact. It feels very much like a placeholder company that's allowed to exist until platforms fully roll out their own integrated solutions.

 

[Fuzzball84]

I’m perplexed

I really don’t know what to make of this.

It will be a casualty of the AI march for sure.

 

[HMI]

Maybe it’s not best to compare a team of people and their working skills to an outdated and obsolete machine from more than 2 decades ago.

- someone who likes having the option and opportunity to earn a living wage.

 

[Nebrie]

I don't know why Apple hasn't bought Perplexity yet. It's basically the generative AI on top of every Google search... except it actually works. It doesn't take reddit ********s about snorting concrete for daily nutrition and present it as fact. It basically solves the biggest problem stopping the Apple Intelligence rollout.

 

[amartinez1660]

I don’t know anymore which path to take… have been using ChatGPT free tier for the time being successfully for so many pesky side tasks that pile up on top of my main expertise daily job.

But so many options, Cursor, Claude, Grok (this one was my first interaction with the live audio thing where it was fantastic talking to it asking for advice while playing a game), and so many others.
Add to that all the image ones, 3D models, embedded AI on several services…

Will have to wait for this battle to settle and have clear winners in each of the main domains.

 

[ipedro]

I don’t know anymore which path to take… have been using ChatGPT free tier for the time being successfully for so many pesky side tasks that pile up on top of my main expertise daily job.

But so many options, Cursor, Claude, Grok (this one was my first interaction with the live audio thing where it was fantastic talking to it asking for advice while playing a game), and so many others.
Add to that all the image ones, 3D models, embedded AI on several services…

Will have to wait for this battle to settle and have clear winners in each of the main domains.

Same, I feel like I've learned how to best leverage AI for productivity and amplifying and accelerating my own skills based on chatGPT's quirks and I find it hard to switch to another system. I would gladly pay for AI but chatGPT free works well in the way that I use it.

I get a full Gemini 2.5 Pro license at work and it's a pain to get it to perform in the way that I've gotten free chatGPT to. I think you just need to define know how it "thinks" and optimize your prompts accordingly.

That said, I'm drawn the most to Perplexity as an alternative and will put in the time in parallel to my use of chatGPT to diversify my AI prompt skillset.

 

[applefan8254]

can we get the ability to setup a password in addition to the existing login options? Thank you

 

[211]

I have found Perplexity to be more “truthful “ than ChatGPT for work use

 

[Frantisekj]

I don't know why Apple hasn't bought Perplexity yet. It's basically the generative AI on top of every Google search... except it actually works. It doesn't take reddit ********s about snorting concrete for daily nutrition and present it as fact. It basically solves the biggest problem stopping the Apple Intelligence rollout.

They would probably utilize ppl more. I like this app but without being well acknowledged in field you are asking you can end up with load of bulls... that it has no problem to throuw on you. In paid version it can ne better. But numerous times I cross checked answers elswhere and was surprised. For basic tasks it is fine, data crunching etc. as well. Many models when comes to logics fails pretty nicely yet.

 

[Takeo Apple]

I don't know why Apple hasn't bought Perplexity yet. It's basically the generative AI on top of every Google search... except it actually works. It doesn't take reddit ********s about snorting concrete for daily nutrition and present it as fact. It basically solves the biggest problem stopping the Apple Intelligence rollout.

That’s not true. It doesn’t run locally.

 

[svish]

Good to know about the changes.. Have used Perplexity. It is quite good and useful.

 

[uacd]

Woah, so many new AI tools emerging that it starts to feel somewhat overwhelming. Can’t wait for the future where operating systems are replaced by new terminal/command prompt with the only question “What task do you need to do today?”. So it would require ZERO skills to use a computing device. Of course thats for majority of people, minority (myself included) will probably still use GUI, given if there is still a choice

 

[Digital Dude]

I’ve been testing a few of these AI modules, and while Perplexity is definitely smart, it just can’t resist adding a philosophical spin to the results. I wanted to use a different word, but we know how that works. 🔨

 

[Love-hate 🍏 relationship]

I don't understand how to get access to it ??

 

[eifelbube]

AI-powered search tool Perplexity today gained Perplexity Labs, a feature that provides subscribers with a way to create reports, spreadsheets, web apps, and dashboards that are backed by "extensive research and analysis."

The company says that if Perplexity Search is a 24/7 answer machine, Perplexity Labs is akin to having an entire team available for help.

Perplexity Labs can work on its own for 10 minutes or more, using tools for deep web browsing, code execution, chart creation, and image generation. It is able to complete what would have "taken days of work" in a 10 minute period, developing marketing plans, analyzing finances, creating meal plans, and more. Perplexity has examples of what Perplexity Labs is able to do in its Projects Gallery.

Perplexity Pro subscribers have access to Labs as of today, and it can be selected from the mode selector interface on the web or in the iOS app. Mac app support is coming soon. Perplexity Pro is priced at $20 per month.

Article Link: Perplexity Gains Labs for Creating Reports, Spreadsheets, Web Apps and More

“It is able to complete what would have "taken days of work" in a 10 minute period … “

If that is true, then …

 

[xaanaax]

I don’t know anymore which path to take… have been using ChatGPT free tier for the time being successfully for so many pesky side tasks that pile up on top of my main expertise daily job.

But so many options, Cursor, Claude, Grok (this one was my first interaction with the live audio thing where it was fantastic talking to it asking for advice while playing a game), and so many others.
Add to that all the image ones, 3D models, embedded AI on several services…

Will have to wait for this battle to settle and have clear winners in each of the main domains.

I’m not sure what the purpose of perplexity is, I’ve got it only because it’s free with revolut premium.
I think so far grok and ChatGPT is best, I’m impressed with deep seek too, Claude is ok, same is copilot, and then Gemini is far far far behind and worst.
I could use perplexity but then with automatic model selection, it could use Gemini, so I choose to use grok as I cannot exclude a model, but then it’s grok 3 beta, while if I use native grok app it’s 3.0, and I never reached a limit on the free version, so I just use grok mainly.